Welfare state costs rise as taxes bite middle earners
An AP dispatch notes that many middle bracket taxpayers face higher Social Security taxes and old age benefits next year. A couple with two children earning 6600 dollars yearly loses about 103 dollars from the tax cut, with further increases planned in 1967 and 1969. The net effect is a higher total social security plus income tax bill than before the tax cuts.
Private War on Poverty Draws Criticism and Support
Critics charge the government antipoverty program is a boondoggle with benefits tilted to a costly bureaucracy while private employers create millions of jobs in a poverty war of their own. About 6 million new jobs emerged in five years. 2.2 million in 1964. The private approach aids Negroes teenagers and others lacking education or skills, per U S News & World Report.
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U. S. News & World Report
Medicare Financing Plans Are Spelled Out
Col Patton outlines 1965 Social Security changes detailing financing for two medical care plans the Basic Plan funded by Social Security taxes and treasury funds and the Voluntary Supplemental Plan financed by $3 monthly from individuals with a $3 employer match. Also covers Old Age Survivors and Disability program tax base rise to $6600 and revised rates through 1973.
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Byron R. Patton
Social Security
North Orange Avenue
Orlando
Florida
Treasury
Arate Trust Fund
Dear Abner advice column excerpt on marriage and gender
A reader asks if age differences doom marriage and the column highlights four ages for men calendar, mental, physical, and death age. It notes companionship with an older man may still be suitable and adds humorous remarks on women's driving and morning romance with Abner’s unconventional take.
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Abner
Roseborough Elementary Staff Assignments for 1965-66
The Roseborough Elementary School lists instructional staff by grade from First through Sixth, plus specialists Veda Thompson and Esther Maglathlin and George Clement, and non instructional personnel including Lota Newton and lunchroom and maintenance staff. The notice notes Abner’s column contains opinions only.
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Roseborough
Helen Kurras
Argel Rittenhouse
Alice Strite
Veda Thompson
Esther Maglathlin
George Clement
Lota Newton
Flossie Sikes
Annie Jones
Emily Edenfield
Alice Davis
Mattie Murdock
Ellen Durham
Sam Hardman
Richard Welty
Fulton Dunham
Future of racing for drivers priced out by money and factory support
The article argues that rising costs in all levels from early models to NASCAR late models price out true hobbyists. It notes historic from 1947 growth, factory-backed drag and sports car racing, and the shift toward wealthy stables, urging preservation of dirt tracks and affordable divisions for alley hobbyists to race for a modest trophy.
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Darlington
Bill Horne
Lando
Horne
Nascar
Red Byron
Flock Brothers
Gober Sossbee
Lee Petty
Curtis Turner
Fireball Roberts
Carl Kiekkaffer
Chrysler
Motors
Mercury
Wisconsin
Flock’s
Tim and Fonty
Frank Mundy
Herman
Zellwood Airman Competing in SAC World Series at Fairchild
Airman First Class Jon P. Miller son of Mrs Louise Haman of Zellwood is at Fairchild AFB Washington for the Strategic Air Command World Series bombing and navigation contest. He represents McCoy AFB Florida in a field of 44 crews flying B 52 and B 47 aircraft with two six hour navigation and low altitude bombing missions scored by SAC radar units. Miller is a 1970 Apopka Memorial High School graduate whose father Earl F. Miller lives in Sorrento.
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Jon P. Miller
Louise Haman
Zellwood
Fairchild Afb
Wash
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Miller
McCoy Afb
Fla
Viet Nam
Earl F. Miller
Sorrento
Apopka Memorial High School
Happy Birthday Reminder on VA Insurance For Veterans
The Veterans Administration warns World War II and Korean Conflict veterans with service connected disabilities that age based on birthdays can affect GI insurance premiums as months pass. The May 2 1966 deadline to reinstate lapse GI policies remains, with over 130000 eligible veterans applying since May 1 1965 for up to ten thousand dollar policies.
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Veterans Administration
Angry reader rails at radio and TV ads cluttering lives
The writer blasts modern commercials for insincerity and harm. He criticizes washer ads, kitchen cleaner mishaps, adventure pitches, Arlene Francis and Joseph Cotten promos, a dog delivering cigarettes, arthritis claims, tooth brushing spots, and family reactions. He laments smog and air pollution as a national affliction.
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Screenah
Arlene Francis
Joseph Cotton
Los Angeles
Florida Medical Association Hosts Service of Your Doctor of Medicine
A reading event titled Your Doctor of Medicine is presented as part of a service by Your Local Medical Sanity and the Florida Medical Association. Attendees learn about medical ethics and patient care while honoring physicians.
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Doctor of Medicine
Florida Medical Association
Youth in Sports Health Standards for Athletic Eligibility
The article discusses dangers of pressuring physicians to certify boys as fit for athletics. It outlines three disqualifying areas: metabolic diseases like diabetes, kidney disease under stress from exercise, and cardiovascular respiratory issues. Emphasizes careful exam results for contact sports and stresses that good health is essential for athletic competition.
Training period offers tender feet for dogs and scouts
The Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission provides a period for training hunting dogs prior to the hunting season without firearms. Boy scouts may also participate in this era to gain practical experience in handling dogs and game according to the text.
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Boy Scouts
the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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